Tag: Rogers Park
What’s up with Flats Chicago?
In mid-June we were told that Flats Chicago's projects at 2500 N Clybourn and 7722 N Ashland would be ready for occupancy in early July. That hadn [...]
Is the north lakefront rental market getting softer?
As of yesterday evening there were 616 MLS-listed homes and condos for rent in the six north lakefront ZIP Codes that we track periodically: 60614 [...]
Will flat-out hype fall flat at Flats Chicago?
In my experience, when hype runs far ahead of performance in real estate the performance more often than not falls flat. Will that prove to be the [...]
How life’s lived in renovated vintage apartments
BJB Properties, one of our sponsors, owns and manages dozens of newer and recently-renovated vintage apartment buildings in prime Gold Coast, Lincoln [...]
Distressed properties dominate the market in Rogers Park
Rogers Park developers periodically fall prey to a state of irrational exuberance. The peak of the most recent mania had already passed in May of [...]
East Rogers Park apartments close to Loyola and the beach
The remodeled vintage mid-rises at 1063 and 1101 W Columbia have the beach at one end of their tree-lined block and Starbucks, restaurants, a conv [...]
Home prices – a welcome V shape in some neighborhoods
Several neighborhoods that had seen a steep decline in median selling prices in recent quarters saw an equally steep rise last quarter. The effect [...]
What’s up with Rogers Park at EveryBlock?
What's not up, apparently, is the tone of the discussions about Rogers Park that take place at EveryBlock, and that has led to cries of censorship [...]
The exit line from a Rogers Park condo – Check, please
Six and a half years ago we were reporting at length on a condo boom and a lagging retail scene in Rogers Park. Our story led and ended with an en [...]
Rogers Park condos continue their long slide along the bottom
The bad news first: the median selling price of a condominium in Rogers Park last quarter was $62,500. But the good news is that they are selling [...]
The “infamous hole” on Clark Street is headed for auction
What NBC Chicago referred to as the "infamous hole" at 7070 N Clark St in Rogers Park is apparently headed for auction after languishing in uncert [...]
Why Katie likes living in Lake View
Last week I shot video at 16 different rental properties in Evanston, Lake View and Rogers Park with BJB Evanston and BJB Properties.
Whenever [...]
MLS-listed inventory up again in north lakefront neighborhoods
For the second week in a row the number of MLS-listed homes, apartments and condos in 6 north lakefront ZIP codes reached a new high since we bega [...]
North Beach Lofts resell at half of original price
Five years ago today we were reporting that the 43-unit North Beach Lofts, 1225 W Morse Ave, was nearing a sellout, with only four units still availab [...]
Tough time for condos in three once-strong markets
Condominiums in Rogers Park, Humboldt Park and Irving Park -- three neighborhoods that once had strong new development and high selling prices -- [...]
Tracking MLS-listed north lakefront rentals
Last week we quietly began keeping track of the available inventory of homes and condos listed for rent in six north lakefront ZIP Codes in the lo [...]
Greenview Gardens, a Rogers Park condo price collapse
I stopped by Greenview Gardens in Rogers Park, 7633 – 39 N Greenview, to check the condition of the building.
What prompted my visit was a ste [...]
Making a killing in Rogers Park condos
Back in 1992 we published Coops & Condos, a reference work for real estate agents. It contained accurate information on every North side lakefront [...]
New listing – builder’s $750K Rogers Park townhome
The listing for 7772 N Sheridan Rd, the easternmost unit in the Lakeview Pointe development in Rogers Park, boasts that "you can't live closer to [...]
Prices go south at North Beach Lofts in Rogers Park
North Beach Lofts, the conversion of an old Duxler Tire warehouse at 1225 W Morse, was one of the more successful projects completed in Rogers Pa [...]